Improvement in cultivators



leased with the links dilated' Stairs JOHN n. HAND, or BiLL-mcsvrLLn-inn IANA.

I Leners Patent No. 88,868, ma April 13, i869.

IMPROVEMENT 1N CULTIVATORS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the sama To whom it may concern v Be it known that I, JOHN It. HAND, of Billingsville, Union county, Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gultivators; and I hereby declare the following to be a full,'clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this speciiication.

This invention relates to that class of agricultural implements commonly known as cultivators; and

"Ihe iirst part of my improvement consists in providing the Inachine with a swinging seat, which, in its elevated position, permits of the operator walking upon the ground, and, in its depressed position, enables him to ride upon the machine, said seat also being rendered shiftable, for the purpose of allowing the drivers weight to counter-balance the working part-s of the implement, so as to regulate the'weight upon the horses.

'Ihe second part of my improvements relates to an arrangement of devices' for elevating the shares above the ground, so as to render them non-effective whenever it is desired to transfer the implement from one rield to another.

'Ihe third part of my improvement consists in the means of adjusting the shares, so as to permit of their operating around c orn which hasbeen planted in either wide or narrow rows.

In the accompanying drawin gs- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved cultivator, with one of the ground-wheels detached from the machine;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the implement, with the driver-s seat-elevated, so as to permit of the operator walking upon the ground, in the rear of the machine; and

Figure 3 is another longitudinal section, with tle shares in their elevated, or non-effective position, and the seat lowered, so as to permit the operator riding upon the machine.

Ihe ground-wheels, A A', support a frame, which is composed ofY the axle, B, side-beams, G C', and crossbeams, D and E, the latter of which has, depending from it, two hangers, F F', that are adjusted longitudinally of said beam E,by means of slots, e e', screwthreaded rods, G Gr', and nuts, g g'. A

Attached to the hangers, by means of bolts, ff', are plates, H H', having slots, h h', and the lower ends of said plates .terminate in links, I I'.

'Ihe provision ofthe bolts ff' and slots h h' permits of a vertical adjustment of the plates F F',

Extending from the hangers F F to the# axle B, are two inclined braces, J J', which are rigidly attached to said hangers, but are free to move along the axle whenever the hangers'are adjusted in either direction.

The screw-threadedfrods cross-beam E, hangers F F', and inclined braces J J', so as to form a stout framework for the attachment of the plow-beams, K K', whose clevises, k 7d, are eng I I'on the lower ends of the lotted and adj usi-able plates H H', h h'.

G G' serve to unite the The rear ends of the beams K K have, secured to them, standards, L L', to which is secured any approved form of shovels, or shares, l l'.

Tie-rods, lVI, extend from the standards to the beams K K. j

The beams K K' are provided with customary handles, N N', that are united together by perforated bars,

O O', o o', and set-screws, P P

Attached to the axle B is a spring, 1t, over which the lower perforated bar 0 engages, when the shovels are elevated to their non-effectiveA position, shown in fic. 3.

erlhe rear portions of the side-beams U G' are slotted at c c', for the receptionof the adjustable bolts s s', which serve as pivots for the arms S S', to whose free ends is attached a board, T, that supports the driverls seat, U.

The pole V, of the implement, cross-beams D and E;

When the operator desires to ride upon the machine, the arms S S' are depressed, so that the ends of the board T may rest upon the side-beams C C', as shown in fig. I, and assoon as the rider is mounted upon the seat U, he has complete control of the handles N N' of the plows; but in case he prefers walking in the rear of the implement, the seat U is elevated, so as to be out of his way, by swinging said arms S S' over until they rest upon the axle B, as shown in iig. 2.

Vhenever it is desired to run the implement along a road, or to transfer it from one eldto another, without allowing the shares to come in contact with the ground, they are rendered non-effective by simply elevating the beams K K', and maintaining them in such position, by engaging thebar O over the spring R, as shown in fig. 3, and in this condition of the machine the driver can mount the seat U, and control the team.

I claim'herein as is secured to the new, and, my invention-- -l 1. The provision, in a cultivator, of the slotted side` beams C C', c c', adjustable pivots s s', swinging arms S S', support T, and seat U, for the object explained. 2. The combination, as herein described, of the cross-beam E, hangers F F', coupling-devices k lo', beams K K', standards L L', handles N N', bar O, and spring It, for permitting of the elevation'of the shares l Z', for the purpose set forth.

3. 'Ihe general combination and arrangement `of the slotted cross-beam E e c', hangersF F', ff', screwj threaded tie-rods Gr G', g g', slotted plates H H', h h', A I', shiftable braces J J', beams K K', 7c k', standards \L L', shares Z Z', rods M, handles N N', perforated bars O O', o o', and set-screws I P', for the purpose of prolducing an improved adjustable cultivator. y In testimony of which invention, I hereunto set my lhand. y JOHNB. HAND.

`Witnesses z.l y Guo. H. KNIGHT, l JAMES H LAYMAN. 

